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I have copied a polygon pour from one PCB to another, but I cannot seem to hide the outline on the new board. Anyone know how to do this? Comparison below:

New Board:

NG

Previous:

OK

Kiwi-Dan
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  • Have you tried repouring the polygon? – DerStrom8 May 16 '18 at 15:35
  • Yes.. The Polygon is exactly the shape I need actually, it's that there's an outline which is making it hard to view the board as a whole from the overlapping lines. – Kiwi-Dan May 16 '18 at 15:42
  • Change the viewing style from "draft" to "hidden". – The Photon May 16 '18 at 15:46
  • @ThePhoton Tried that too, but it hides the whole pour not just the outline :( – Kiwi-Dan May 16 '18 at 15:53
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    Sorry, then I don't get what you're trying to accomplish. What in your images are you calling "the pour" and what are you calling "the outline"? – The Photon May 16 '18 at 15:54
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    Fair enough. I edited the image to help clarify what I mean by the outline! Yellow arrow is the **outline**, the **pour** is in red. Again I have no issue with the pour itself, I'm just wanting to remove the boarder outline around it. – Kiwi-Dan May 16 '18 at 15:59
  • So you're making a big polygon, and then using a keepout line within the polygon to define the actual shape you want filled? – The Photon May 16 '18 at 16:04
  • There is a tool (that I haven't used before, but just now briefly tested) called "Create polygon from free primitives". You can (probably) use this to make a polygon the circular shape you want, rather than mess around with keepouts. – The Photon May 16 '18 at 16:07
  • Yes exactly, sorry should have clarified. – Kiwi-Dan May 16 '18 at 16:08
  • I just did *Polygon Action --> Explode Selected Polygon to Free Primitives*. This removed the outline @ThePhoton, thanks!! – Kiwi-Dan May 16 '18 at 16:11
  • @Kiwi-Dan, that will work short term but it will be a mess if you move things around and create a violation that could otherwise be solved with a re-pour. – The Photon May 16 '18 at 16:11
  • If you absolutely don't ever want to change the polygon shape, then I guess that's a feature rather than a bug. – The Photon May 16 '18 at 16:13
  • Understood, in this particular application if I need to re-pour I can re-copy from the previous file and repair from there. – Kiwi-Dan May 16 '18 at 16:17

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It looks like you're making a big polygon, and then using a keepout line within the polygon to define the actual shape you want filled.

Instead of doing that, you can use the function "create polygon from free primitives" to make the polygon the actual circular shape you want. (i.e. draw a circle, convert this to a polygon, change the polygon properties as desired) Then the outlines of the polygon will be on the edges of the filled area, and won't distract from viewing the rest of the design.

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